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Madonna's personal trainer, Nicole Winhoffer, shares how the 55-year-old keeps her body spotlight-ready — and gives us a Madonna-approved ab crunching move.

Take some pressure off your pocketbook with these tweaks to your fitness routine.

Toronto-based Sammie Kennedy is a certified personal trainer and creator of Booty Camp Fitness, the largest provider of women-only boot camps in Canada. She consulted on our 'Workout Smarter, not Harder' story for this month's issue. Here, she gives us three more of her fave tips for making the most of your exercise:

Find out when you're ready to go it alone, and how to tell if your trainer is doing you more harm than good

A morning workout is a great start to the day — which is just one of the many reasons to join iVillage Canada, Sweetspot, and Phillips at Allen Lambert Galleria in Brookfield Place (181 Bay Street) in downtown Toronto on Wednesday, November 9, where they'll be leading a workout with Jane Clapp, one of the hottest trainers in the city.